Government to ban social media for under 16-year-olds

The bill would require “high risk” platforms like TikTok and Facebook to check ages, take action to reduce harm or face a fine of up to 10% of their global revenue

Legislation will today be introduced to ban young New Zealanders aged under 16 from social media, putting the onus on platforms to take “reasonable steps” to check users are over the minimum age. The Herald understands that while the legislation will be introduced as a Government bill, two of the coalition parties - NZ

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Tech’s minimalist era is ending. What’s replacing it looks so much worse.